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By Kristin Rover Sun staff The second annual Business Technology Summit featured helpful and innovative information for business owners and staff Oct. 29 at the Holiday Inn and Suites in Eastgate. Speakers included David Knox, Geoff Smith, Michelle Beckham-Corbin, Mark Sund, Brian Minick, and Mark Hughes. Topics discussed at the summit included cyber security, LinkedIn [ Read More ]

By Kristin Rover Sun staff Voters will have two choices for county commissioner Nov. 4. One is incumbent David Uible and the other is retired pilot Richard Perry. Uible was first appointed to serve as commissioner in March 2012 to replace former commissioner Archie Wilson and was elected in November 2012. Since he has been [ Read More ]

By Kristin Rover Sun staff Incumbent Republican State Representative Doug Green is facing Democratic challenger Ken McNeely Jr. Nov. 4 in the race for Ohio’s 66th House District. Green said it has been an honor to serve the past two years as representative for the 66th district, where he is from. “I’ve been a lifelong [ Read More ]

By Kristin Rover Sun staff Voters will have to decide between the 65th Ohio House District incumbent Republican John Becker and his Democrat challenger Charlie Carlier Nov. 4. Becker was elected to serve as state representative in 2013. “I’ve been in private industry pretty much my entire life,” Becker said about his background. Becker said [ Read More ]

By Kristin Rover Sun staff Several Veterans Day events are planned in New Richmond Nov. 11. A Veterans Day ceremony will be held in New Richmond at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 11. The ceremony will be held at the memorial along Front Street in the village. The Veterans Day Parade will be held at 7 p.m. [ Read More ]

By Kristin Rover Sun staff Clermont County Board of Elections will have early voting available the weekend before the election Nov. 1-2 this year. Judy Miller, director of the board of elections, encouraged citizens to come vote that weekend and avoid the chaos of election day. “We want to encourage people and let them know [ Read More ]

By Kristin Rover Sun staff Democratic candidate Marek Tyszkiewicz is challenging Republican Congressman Brad Wenstrup for his seat in the house of representatives from the 2nd District. Wenstrup is a podiatrist, small business owner, and served in the United States Army Reserves in Iraq. He was elected to congress in 2012. Wenstrup said he has [ Read More ]

By Kristin Rover Sun staff United States Marine Corps Corporal Josh Lemar returned from Afghanistan and was recognized by Clermont County Commissioners for his service Oct. 22. The New Richmond High School graduate said he served in the Marine Corps for four years and was sent to Afghanistan twice. Lemar said it was great to [ Read More ]

The Clermont County Chamber of Commerce posed questions to the candidates for Clermont County Commissioner, US Congress, and the Ohio House of Representatives for its Candidate Forum. Following are the questions and the answers: Clermont County Commissioner The Clermont County Chamber of Commerce posed the following questions to David Uible and Richard Perry, candidates for [ Read More ]

By Kristin Rover Sun staff State and local officials and healthcare providers have plans in place for Ebola now that the virus has been discovered and transmitted in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control, Ebola is a deadly disease that is caused by infection with one of the Ebola virus strains, [ Read More ]